Casement, sash, door, and the like.



E. PELLETT.

GASEMENT, SASH, DOOR, AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12, 1909.

977,470. Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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GASEME-NT, SASH, DOOR, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.12, 1909.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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EPELLETT, CASEMENT, 'SASH, DOOR, AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12, 1909.

Patented Deb. 6, 1910.

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ERNEST PELLETT, 0F EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HERBERT JAMES MARTIN, OF EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND.

CASEMENT, SASH, DOOR, AND THE LIKE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST PELLETT, a subject of His Majesty the King of England, residing at 243 Seaside, Eastbourne, in the county of Sussex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Casements, Sashes, Doors, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to easements, sashes, doors and the like in which a pair of sashes or the like are hinged together and work in a single frame, the free ends of the sashes being adapted to slide along the top and bottom or the two sides of the frame accordingly as the hinge line is either vertical or horizontal as obviously it may be.

In that the window or the like having a vertical hinge is the most advantageous the invention will be descrlbed in application to this form.

An object of this invention is to overcome the necessity of plowing the window sill or the window frame and obviate, in the first mentioned case, water remaining in the sill channel and rotting the sill.

Another object of this invention is to render existing windows more easily convertible at less expense and in a more eflicient manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pivotal and slidable attachment of the sashes to their frame whereby there will be secured minimum frictional resistance to movement of the sashes within their frame with maximum resistance to the sashes becoming forced out of engagement with their frame by wind or equivalent pressure.

A feature of the invention lies in the means for locking the windows or the like in any one of its range of positions, being located at or along a face of the window frame parallel to the face of the window, when said window is in the closed position. For instance in a constructional form of the invention embodying this feature the looking means are contained in a bead or check bead formed separate from or integral with the window frame. Preferably said locking means comprise an eccentrically pivoted bar adapted to be turned into and out of frictional or toothed engagement with slides hinged to the free corners of the sashes or Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1909.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910. Serial No. 482,951.

the like and engaging over a guide secured to the said bead, or to the window frame.

As possessing the foregoing and other features and with the above mentioned and other objects in view I will describe a form of casement window which I have found to work well, reference being had to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, illustrative of said form, in which Figure 1 represents the window in elevation, as viewed from the outside; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same, showing in dotted outline an open position of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged inside elevation of part of the window with portions in section and cut away to clearly illustrate the locking mechanism and the sliding attaching means; Fig. 4: illustrates the same parts in section in a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the upper slides; Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the cup and ball foot bearings, and Fig. 7 a detail View of one of the hinged slide connections which are held locked as hereinafter appearing.

The window as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of two main sashes a a hinged together along a vertical line Z) and hung to the frame 0 at the head thereof by two pivots d, one at the free end of each frame, and at the sill by hinged slides 6, one at the free end of each frame.

Each pivot (Z, which may conveniently be secured by straps to the sash, is inserted into a hole in a double grooved slide 9 which works over guide plates h, 72., fixed in the channel made in the top of the frame 0, thereby obviating disengagement of the slide 9 from the frame 0 by wind or equivalent pressure.

The hinged slides, except that one is right handed and the other left handed, each consists of a pair of plates 2', 7', the latter j being secured at the bottom to the free end of the sash appropriate thereto, and the former i carrying at a distance therefrom and parallel thereto, a plate Z5 which in the example taken is toothed, two teeth being shown, although only one tooth, or more than two teeth, might be provided if so desired. The connection between the plates 2' and 7c is such that a space is left whereby the plate is can be passed behind a strip of metal or metal plate Z fixed to the outer face of a check bead m as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Behind the metal plate Z the check bead is plowed to receive a bar a of any su table form in cross section and hung eecentrically in end brackets, or end and intermediate brackets 0 in the case of a long bar, fixed in the check bead. To cooperate with the toothed plate the bar n is toothed as shown and the teeth are caused to engage with or be disengaged from the teeth of the plate 7c by a partial rotation given to the bar a depressing a lever 77. The engagement of the bar a with the plate is may be a toothed engagement as shown to lock the sashes in the desired position or it may be effected by arranging that the bar, when rotated to lock the sashes merely pressed against hinged slides without teeth and causes these to bear against the plate Z sufliciently to lock the sashes.

The lever or handle 7) is fixed at right angles to the length of the bar and when notin use is slightly elevated. It is passed through a slot (1 provided in the check bead m and projects beyond the same to be comfortably handled. The lever has a vertical movement in a slotted plate '2' fixed to the face of the check bead, the slot being made slightly out of the ,vertical and having on one side a cut out to receive shank of lever when depressed to place the locking mechanism into action. For wide windows, more than one lever 79 may be provided.

The weight of each sash is taken by a ball t located in a bearing cup at situated at the bottom corner of the free end of the sash, a bearing plate of metal or other hard material being preferably fitted to the sill for the ball to run on.

lVith a window or the like constructed substantially as before described I am able it will be seen to avoid the plowing of the bottom or side of the frame receiving the sashes or the like, consequently existing windows can be more conveniently converted, and this at less expense, and in a more efficient manner than hitherto, while in windows or the like having the vertical hinge line there is no water receiving bed and the damage arising from damp rot is obviated. The pivotal and slidable attachment of the sashes or the like is further such as to give a maximum resistance against the sashes be ing forced out of engagement with the receiving frame by wind or equivalent pressure, and this with a minimum frictional resistance in the operating of the sashes or the like to open and close the same in manner now well understood in windows or the like of the type to which the invention refers.

Obviously the invention may be carried out with variations or omissions not affecting its working or sacrificing its chief advantages, and

are to be considered within the ambit of the application.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is 1. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each sash having one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the nextsucceeding sash and the opposite stile provided with a pivot at one end running in a corresponding groove in said frame, a second groove in a face of said frame at right angles with the face of said pivot groove, a member hinged to said opposite stile adapted to travel in said second groove and means for holding all of said members in any desired positions within the limit of their movements.

2. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each having one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the next succeeding sash and the stile opposite to the first-named stile pivotally reciprocating in said frame and means for securing said opposite stile of each sash to said frame at a face parallel to the face of the window in any desired positions within the limits of their movements.

3. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each sash having one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the next succeeding sash and the stile opposite to the first-named stile being provided with a pivot at one end running in a corresponding groove in said frame, a member hinged to said opposite stile of each sash, a guide common to all of said members, a recess cut in a face of the frame parallel to the face of the window and means located in said recess for securing all of said members in any desired positions within the limits of their movements.

4:. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each sash having one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the next succeeding sash and the stile 0pposite to the first-named stile being provided with a pivot at one end running in a corresponding groove in said frame, a member hinged to said opposite stile of each sash, a guide common to all of said members, a recess cut in a face of the frame parallel to the face of the window, a bar eccentrically mounted in said recess and means for turning said bar to secure all of said members in any desired positions within the limits of their movements.

5. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each sash having one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the next succeeding sash, and the opposite stile provided with a pivot at one end and running in a corresponding groove in said frame, a second groove in a face of said modifications of such a nature 1 frame parallel to the face of the window, a

member hinged to said opposite stile of each sash and provided with teeth, a guide plate common to all of said members secured to said frame and adapted to act as a weather guard for said second groove, a bar eccentrically mounted in said second groove and provided throughout its length with teeth adapted to mesh with the teeth in said members, a handle to said bar projecting through a slot in said frame and means for locking the handle when turned to a position in which the teeth in said bar mesh with the teeth on said members.

6. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each sash hav ing one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the next succeeding sash and the stile opposite to the first-named stile provided at one end with a pivot sliding in a corresponding groove in said frame, and at the other end with a ball-race, balls in said race, a

path for said balls in the frame, and means for securing said opposite stile of each sash to said frame at a face parallel to the face of the window, in any desired positions Within the limits of their movements.

7. In a window, the combination of a frame, a plurality of sashes, each having one stile hinged to the adjacent stile of the next succeeding sash, and the stile opposite to the first-named stile pivotally reciprocating in said frame, and means located in a separate head at a face parallel to the face of the window for securing said opposite stile of each sash in any desired position Within the limits of their movements.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST PELLETT. lVitnesses L. ConLsoN, HENY. Conn. HEIDE. 

